William, the name ready Haydn not Hydan (is this from fantasy TV series ? just joking). I have the records here from the Rheingold premiere & the rehearsals: they were just THREE.
There were not many rehearsals in the classic time if at all. This was a cost factor, as all rehearsals must be financed. The difficulties were in the string parts mostly & understandable with the billions of notes. Court orchestras probably had more rehearsals then the often just "put together orchestras". If court orchestras rehearsed more often than others, it did not matter financially as they were full time employed ####################################################################### Am 20.05.2010 um 20:15 schrieb William.S.Gross: > Last night I was on the road and was listening to a radio station > talking about the Berlin Phil's performance in Vienna of Hydan > Symphony 90. (it was well worth listening to the very end with Rattle > conducting). > > The announcer read a portion of a letter written by Hydan about the > piece. In the letter Hydan said the piece was so difficult that > orchestra should play it through once before performing it. > > Is there some contextual back ground missing? I am particularly > struck by the play through once before performing. Was Hydan > criticising orchestras of the time about their rehearsal habits or was > sight reading concert material common? > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
